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Ukrainian PM Lisa Yasko asserts: Any country trading with Russia on 'wrong side of history'

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 118 words · By Video by Nadia MASSIH
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Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian MP for Zelensky's political party "Servant of the People".

Claims checked 4
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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
Left17%
Center66%
Right17%

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What happened

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian MP for Zelensky's political party "Servant of the People".

Why it matters

Ms Yasko offers a striking portrait of a country caught between diplomacy and survival.

Common ground

Speaking against the backdrop of deepening ties between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, China, she argues, remains “on the wrong side of history” so long as it continues trading with Russia, even while Kyiv still hopes Beijing could “play a bigger role” in…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “China... continues trading with Russia”
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Evidence from Wikipedia and The Guardian confirms that China continues to trade with Russia and that ties have deepened since the 2022 invasion, with Russia becoming more dependent on China.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ties have continued to deepen since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022, with Russia increasingly becoming dependent on China while it is under large-scale international sanctions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Russia_relations
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web search NEUTRAL — And on China’s border with Russia, where the US is a distant concept but where Russians spend their money, local businesspeople say they are unconcerned by western sanctions. China rejects western san…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/19/russia-china-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amid escalating trade tensions, China on Thursday lambasted US for its hypocritical nature after it accused Beijing of being "the most important supplier" of Russia's war efforts against Ukraine. In a…
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/fire-vs-lamp…
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Claim 2: “Kyiv still hopes Beijing could “play a bigger role” in mediation”
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Web search results indicate that Ukrainian officials (specifically mentioning Kuleba) have asked China to use its influence to mediate, and the Stimson Center notes the ongoing questions regarding China's role as a mediator.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukrainians have been present in China since the early 18th century and have been a significant part of the Ukrainian national movement in the Far East. Historically holding a significant presence in H…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainians_in_China
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the People's Republic of China stated that it respects Ukraine's sovereignty but Russia's opposition to the enlargement of NATO should also be addressed. It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_and_the_Russo-Ukrainian_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between Ukraine and China. The earliest contact in record between the nations date back to the first Russian Orthodox mission in China in 1715, which was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Ukraine_relations
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Claim 3: “deepening ties between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin”
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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera and Wikipedia, report on the deepening partnership and 'united front' between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, specifically citing summits in Beijing and state visits.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russian president Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to China in May 2024. The visit was his first foreign visit after assuming office for the fifth term. The visit underscored the deepening partne…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visit_by_Vladimir_Putin_t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On May 7–10, 2025, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chinese president, visited Russia. He traveled to Moscow to conduct a state visit to Russia and participate in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_state_visit_by_Xi_Jinping…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international trips made by Xi Jinping, the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and the president of China. Xi Jinping has made 56 international trips to 71 countries si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_trips_ma…
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Claim 4: “Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian MP for Zelensky's political party "Servant of the People"”
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Wikipedia and the Blavatnik School of Government both explicitly confirm that Yelyzaveta (Lisa) Yasko is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament and a member of the 'Servant of the People' party.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Various sanctions against Russia and its affiliates have been imposed by major economic and political powers in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the United States, the member sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_and_organizatio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable political scientists. Political science is the scientific study of politics, a social science dealing with systems of governance and power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_scientists
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yelyzaveta Oleksiyivna Yasko (Ukrainian: Єлизавета Олексіївна Ясько; born 17 October 1990), also known as Lisa Yasko, is a Ukrainian politician, cultural affairs expert and film producer. Yasko is a m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelyzaveta_Yasko
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